Programming Fundamentals Using Java [OP]: A Game Application Approach | Hardcover w/ DVD Edition

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Designed as a Java textbook for beginning programmers, this book uses game programming as a central pedagogical tool to improve student engagement, learning outcomes, and retention. The game programming is incorporated into the text in a way that does not compromise the amount of material traditionally covered in a basic programming or advanced Java programming course, and permits instructors who are not familiar with game programming and computer graphic concepts to realize the pedagogical advantages of using game programming. The book assumes the reader has no prior programming experience. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Variables, Input / Output and Calculations 3. Methods, Classes, and Objects: A First Look 4. Boolean Expressions, Making Decisions, and Disk Input and Output 5. Repeating Statements: Loops 6. Arrays 7. Methods, Classes, and Objects: A Second Look 8. Inheritance 9. Recursion 10. Exceptions, A Second Pass 11. Graphical User Interfaces 12. Graphical User Interfaces: A Second Look 13. Generics and the API Collections Framework 14. Multi-Threading and Concurrency Appendices A. Description of the Game Environment B. Installing the Game Environment Package C. ASCII Table D. Java Key Words E. Operators F. Glossary of Programming Terms G. Using the On-line API Documentation H. Solutions to Odd-Numbered Exercises. ABOUT THE AUTHORS William McAllister has taught a wide range of computer science courses that include basic programming, computer graphics, and data structures. Sister Jane Fritz has taught programming courses in BASIC, Visual Basic, Pascal, C, C++, and Java. She has also co-authored several papers and has given a number of presentations at SIGCSE Conferences.